quagmire (Meaning)

Wordnet

quagmire (n)

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

Webster

Soft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.

The political situation had devolved into a quagmire of conflicting interests and agendas.
As the project encountered unforeseen challenges, it quickly descended into a bureaucratic quagmire.
The company found itself in a financial quagmire after investing in risky ventures.
Attempting to navigate the legal system without proper guidance can lead to getting stuck in a quagmire of paperwork and procedures.
The foreign policy decision embroiled the nation in a diplomatic quagmire with no clear exit strategy.
The team realized they were in a strategic quagmire with no easy solutions.
Environmental degradation has turned the once-thriving ecosystem into a quagmire of pollution and habitat destruction.
The investigation into the scandal became a legal quagmire, dragging on for years without resolution.
Trying to untangle the complex web of relationships proved to be a quagmire of emotional turmoil.
The company's attempt to restructure ended up mired in a financial quagmire, leading to bankruptcy.

a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfootSoft, wet, miry land, which shakes or yields under the feet.

swamp,predicament, pickle, dilemma, hole, fix, mire,bind, crisis, box

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The political situation had devolved into a quagmire of conflicting interests and agendas.

As the project encountered unforeseen challenges, it quickly descended into a bureaucratic quagmire.

The company found itself in a financial quagmire after investing in risky ventures.

Attempting to navigate the legal system without proper guidance can lead to getting stuck in a quagmire of paperwork and procedures.